Seattle Sounders signs Gambian young defender Modou Ndow

United
States major league soccer club Seattle Sounders has secured the signing of
Gambian defender Modou Ndow on loan from Czech Republic third-tier club MFK
Vyškov.

The
18-year-old who joined the Czech side on New Year’s Day from Gambian giants,
Wallidan, will stay with the second-tier American club until November 2019.

Ndow,
a WAFU U20 champion immediately joined Sounders 2, will begin their 2019
campaign with a home match on March 9 at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma before
hosting Rio Grande Valley FC in the home opener, with the kickoff time to be
announced on a later date.

“We’re
looking forward to welcoming Modou to Seattle. He is a product of our strong
African scouting pipeline and we’re excited about what he can bring to our
club,” Sounders FC director of player development Marc Nicholls said on the
club’s official website.

Gambia
Sports revealed that the versatile center-back becomes the third Gambian to
sign for the Sounders after Sainey Nyassi and Amadou ‘Baresi’ Sanyang.

About
Sounders FC 2

Seattle
Sounders FC 2 (nicknamed S2) an American professional soccer team based in
Tacoma, Washington that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of
the United States Soccer Pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC.

Seattle
Sounders FC 2 is operated and managed by Seattle Sounders FC, while 20 percent
of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.